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About Occupational Therapy

Strive Occupational Therapy Olinda

What is Occupational Therapy?

O.T. Australia describes Occupational Therapy (O.T), as having the primary goal of ‘enabling people to participate in activities of everyday life’.

O.T as a profession has the core belief that a person’s ability to engage in meaningful activities is essential for health and well-being.

At Strive OT, we work with individuals and their families within the community to achieve client centred goals. This can involve anything from gaining independence with personal care through to independence at work or study. Strive OT provides services for the adult population, or those aged 16 years plus.

Therapy Approaches

At Strive OT, we pride ourselves on providing a professional service with positive outcomes for all. Our service is largely community based, with our therapists conducting home visits or other community based therapy. We focus on equipment prescription, home modifications for safety and independence, work-station set-up, altering work practises and providing education and training where necessary.

Types of problems we help with?

We help clients regain or enhance their independence after injury/dysfunction. Conditions we can help with include:

Orthopaedic injuries (e.g. total hip replacement)

Musculoskeletal dysfunction (e.g. back or neck pain)

Neurological impairment (e.g. Parkinson’s disease, stroke etc.)

Frail aged (e.g. decline in mobility, history of falls etc.)

Chronic pain (e.g. fibromyalgia, chronic back pain)

Typical referrals we may receive include:

Conduct home visit for falls prevention and to maximize safety and independence. This includes equipment prescription and home modifications.